Satisfaction and happiness comes from moving in the right direction, not being in the right place.

No matter where you are, if you try to linger there, you will eventually stop being happy. You have to keep moving in the right direction to keep being happy and satisfied.

Likewise, no matter how far you feel you are from a good place, you will feel better as soon as you start heading the right way, even if it feels very far away.

Learning to notice that feeling of moving in the right direction (usually the opposite of what feels good in the moment) is very helpful.

From The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll:

Someone at NSA had leaked word my research to the Department of Energy. In turn, they were pissed that they hadn't heard earlier--and more directly.

Roy Kerth stopped me in the hallway. "DOE is going to reprimand us for not telling them about this incident."

"But we did tell them," I objected. "More than two months ago."

"Prove it."

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Scrolling through Instagram Stories today, I caught a live, impromptu Q&A by the drummer from Coheed & Cambria, a band which I enjoy quite a lot. Most of the questions were regular fare, about life on the road and what songs they are playing on the tour.

As he was talking about how they will practice songs even when they are on the road and touring, and change up the set list when

I found this 99% Invisible episode about The Automat enlightening, mostly because it is a reminder to be humble and not assume your knee-jerk reaction that something is being caused by technology when it actually may be that what you're seeing is a novel incarnation of something very old. The technology is just the shiny new wrapper:

A new restaurant called Eatsa opened up a few years back in downtown San Francisco It was designed

Eric Hoffer:

"It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into the blood stream."

I use my phone when I need what my phone does. I use my watch when I need the time. I like being on time, I like knowing where I stand in the hour, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the day. I look at my watch a lot, and I just love that it doesn’t look back.

Why wear a watch when I have the time on my phone? by Jason Fried

On a recent episode of Econtalk, the host interviewed Maurico Miller, who wrote a book called The Alternative: Most of What You Believe about Poverty Is Wrong.... based on his years of running social assistance programs. But what he learned is unique because his programs didn't directly help people. The programs were entirely focused around building a community that would keep each other accountable and help each other out. It was not about handouts or

You think you can make good decisions for yourself because you know yourself better than anyone else knows you.

But you also have the greatest conflict of interest. It is easy to convince yourself that what is easier is also better. But in the long run it rarely is.

Thus, surround yourself with trustworthy people who want what's best for you, not what is easy. And listen when they speak.